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THE BATTALION Page 11 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1980 sports Gymnasts competing on pride 1 Texas A&M Men’s Gymnastics team is headed in new directions this year. Or at least that’s what team members want. | “We are going to blow the top off Mnnastics,” team member Mark Hartwell said. “This is a rebirth of gymnastics at A&M.’ K The team members said they will put on an exhibition this semester ami also hope to have more home Beets. I Hartwell, who was on the Univer sity of Texas’ gymnastics team for several years, said the A&M team has a lot of talent this year. He said veral team members are good h to be on gymnastic scholar- Ips at other institutions with a var sity men’s gymnastics team. «Texas A&M does not give the en’s gymnastics team varsity sta- but recognizes them as a club, women’s team, however, is jiven varsity status. The men said they have no hard dings about not being recognized as a varsity team. They said they feel ley will be given varsity status eventually. 1 One team member said the team is not interested in publicity or emotion, but gymnastics and true mpetition with other teams. J Hartwell said the Texas Collegiate Gymnastics Club Conference was Binned this year so that non-varsity Texas teams could compete with leach other. Mark Hartwell demonstrates a good gymnast’s superior strength and body control, as he per forms a human flag. Hartwell is a graduate student from Austin and a member of the Texas A&M Gymnastic Team. Photo by Roxanne Smith ISOS Fitness Center is based on Isokinetic exercise to provide muscular and car- dovascular fitness for men and women of all ages. The equip ment utilized in this center is being used by NASA for fitness aboard the Skylab and Space Shuttle Programs. 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Hwy 6 • Texas / Longmlre We have designed and provided this center for busy people who ap preciate time and results. 693-7823 Teams in the conference include The University of Texas at Arlington, Southwest Texas State University, North Texas State University, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University. “According to new NCAA rules established last year a team cannot compete on an NCAA docket unless they are varsity funded,” Hartwell said. “It is formal competition Game tickets available Wally Groff, Texas A&M Athletic Department Business Manager announced today that reserved seat tickets are avail able here for the Saturday basketball game between A&M and Texas in Austin. That game is set for 2:40 p.m. at the University of Texas Special Events Center — “The Drum". Tickets are available on a limited basis for $5 each and can be purchased at the ticket windows at G. Rollie White Col iseum. —Tony Gollucci ■ WICHITA, KAN. — Kevin |j McHale, a rugged and versatile cen ter for Minnesota, and Ronnie Les ter. Iowa’s textbook point guard and || A&M’s David Britton are among the 11 miors whose names appear on the |m l allot for the 1980 Pizza Hut Basket- all Classic as West squad candi- tlif [S’ The charity event will be played ' • larch 29 and will be nationally tele- ised from Las Vegas on CBS Sports pectacular. Players in the contest ^ redetermined by popular vote with 1 , piloting at participating Pizza Hut !' htaurants beginning January 21 and ending March 5. y I The names of the top 124 seniors, las determined by an 11-member fiiedia panel, are listed on the ballot, le top eight vote-getters on each uad automatically receive invita- ons to play in the game. J I McHale was the starting center on the United States team which cap- I fiired the gold medal at last sum- (I Bier’s Pan American Games. Lester, vho averaged 19 points per game I and helped lead Iowa to a share of deta to Ik' MIDNIGHT SPECIAL All you can eat BUFFET STYLE EVERY THURSDAY llpm till 1 am College Station PH.696-2512 across from A&M Bank although it is below the level of the NCAA.” The team members feel they im prove mainly by competing and workouts are essential. The team works out five nights a week and Saturday mornings. Team president Pat Callihan said the team also sponsors a coed gym nastics club. “We provide the supervision that the university requires, he said. “That provides a great service to the university.” Callihan said an example of the upswing of gymnastics at Texas A&M is the increase in enrollment in the coed club this year compared to enrollment last year. “Last year membership topped out at 20 people, ” he said. “This first semester we had over 105 people come by the gym to work out at va rious times and sign up in the club. ” ■tSMSC AGGIE CINEMA ••••••••••••••• m ••••••«% WHY SEARCH? 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